Race, Class and Ethnicity : Industrial Relations in the South Pacific with Special Reference to Fiji and Bougainville
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3 avril 2014
- doi: 10.4000/books.sdo.951
- isbn: 9782854300598
- eisbn: 9782854301069
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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Social tensions Conflict, Social Class conflict Class struggle South Pacific Ocean Region South Pacific Region Islands--South Pacific Ocean South Seas South Pacific Oceanica Southwest Pacific Region South Sea IslandsCiter ce document
Alexander Mamak et al., « Race, Class and Ethnicity : Industrial Relations in the South Pacific with Special Reference to Fiji and Bougainville », Société des Océanistes, ID : 10.4000/books.sdo.951
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The importance of class analysis for explaining contemporary behaviour in the South Pacific is indicated by several developments in the early independence period, namely, the pressures of inflation, increasing rates of urbanization, and the localization of positions formerly held by expatriates. This paper delineates tendencies in class formation and class conflict with special reference to Fiji and Bougainville. Previous accounts of social conflict in this region tended to focus solely on ra...